Strasser will help hard-pressed taxpayers

Thursday

Oct 31, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Editor, the Record:

Editor, the Record:

Once upon a time, Brad Strasser was campaigning for school director in Stroudsburg and came upon an elderly couple who were moving to Indiana. "Why are you moving from the beautiful Poconos to Indiana?" he asked. The man replied, "Because we can't afford our home, although we haven't had a mortgage in over 30 years." Brad said, "That's crazy!" The woman agreed, saying, "Our school property taxes alone are $12,000 per year. Our Social Security and savings won't cover that plus our groceries and medicine. We have to move to a more tax-friendly area."

The man said, "No one will buy our home because they can't afford to pay the taxes plus a mortgage. We are foreclosing and walking away."

Brad was upset he couldn't help this couple, but he hopes to help others in the future with a teachers' union contract that's affordable. Vote Strasser, Stewart, Pierce and Blake.